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Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2005/02/15/dl1502.xml
Beirut Murder Mystery
(Telegraph-UK) Editorial - Whoever is responsible for the Hariri assassination, the fact remains that, 15 years after the end of the civil war, Pax Syriaca has long outlived its usefulness. Withdrawal from Lebanon without the compensation of regaining the Golan Heights could spell political death for President al-Assad. But then the outside world hardly owes this isolated and intractable leader a living.